India Online Buzz: Cobrapost, EVMs and Public Forgiveness

It comes as no surprise that online chatter in India this week has focused on national polls that kick off Monday.

India Real Time decodes the top online trends.

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#Cobrapost: An undercover investigation by Cobrapost, a journalism website, into the demolition of a 16th century mosque set off a chain reaction of irate online comments on Friday. The report named leaders from the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party, India’s leading opposition, as having conspired to demolish the mosque. The BJP is widely-tipped to win national polls this year. Most of the commentary online was focused on the timing of the report – just a few days before the world’s largest democracy votes.

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